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Intel Core i5 12450H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12450H
VS
41 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS
Intel Core i5 12450H
AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core i5 12450H with 8-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7235HS and 12450H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2246 vs 1749 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12450H
vs
Ryzen 5 7235HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 719.1 MB/sec 587.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.2 Klines/sec 36.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.6 pages/sec 128.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.8 Mpixels/sec 168.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230.7 pages/sec 179.7 pages/sec
Background blur 39.5 images/sec 34.2 images/sec
Photo processing 74.2 images/sec 54.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 10.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 757 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12450H +30%
15893
Ryzen 5 7235HS
12269
Integer math 54.1 GOps/sec 40.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 40 GOps/sec 23.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 44M Primes/sec 30M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.5M Strings/sec 15.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.6 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 190.5 MBytes/sec 153 MBytes/sec
Physics 853 Frames/sec 571 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.7B Matrices/sec 10.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7165 & 364 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12450H +65%
115.78
Ryzen 5 7235HS
70.12

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.1 PPW 8.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 188.6 PPW 114.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.2 PPW 227.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.57 PPW 1.3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 12450H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> dmytrokobzarGeekbench 6 CPU2342 / 9865
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Burnt_T0ast)Geekbench 6 CPU2342 / 8962
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (atlas)Geekbench 6 CPU2181 / 7757
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Raj)Cinebench 202491 / 588
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-30 (black lee)Cinebench 202491 / 601
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AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12450H and AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-12450H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) No
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (#182nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#155th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 32x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz -
Shading Units 384 -
TMUs 24 -
ROPs 12 -
Execution Units 48 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12450H official page AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Total votes: 87

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Comments

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